Tarja Stephens · Author, Advisor, Speaker

Tarja's work helps organizations prepare and support the people who are increasingly responsible for managing and overseeing AI systems, while helping professionals navigate the transition into the AI economy.

What I believe

Technology sets the pace. People set the direction.

We are living through one of the largest workforce transformations of our working lives. As people enter the AI economy, they need more agency over their work and careers, not less.

We are the last generation to manage only humans. AI is giving people new management responsibilities faster than organizations are preparing them for.

Most companies have an AI technology strategy. Far fewer have a management strategy to support the people who are now responsible for managing and overseeing increasingly capable AI systems.

And as careers change, I believe the knowledge and experience we build over a lifetime of work should stay connected to us. Our careers should become living systems that continue to evolve with us.

The Human-Agent Orchestrator

The management playbook for a world where AI is becoming part of everyday work. Co-authored by nine leaders across three continents, with a foreword by Marshall Goldsmith and an afterword by Cassie Kozyrkov.

★★★★★4.9 out of 5 on Amazon, from 139 reviews

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The Human-Agent Orchestrator, book cover

Speaking

Keynotes, executive sessions and panels on the leadership shift into human-AI work.

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Book

The Human-Agent Orchestrator.

About the book

Tarja Stephens teaching an executive session on leading through the AI economy.

Programs

Executive advisory, AI leadership programs and working sessions for boards and leadership teams.

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Tarja Stephens on stage at a Miami AI event, audience with hands raised.

Ventures

Career Ventures, Career Twin,
Leaders of the Future.

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What leaders say

Investors, executives and program leaders on working with Tarja.

“Her unique combination of technical expertise and leadership qualities sets her apart. She seamlessly transitions between being a strategic visionary and a hands-on implementer.”

Nicole VasquezCEO, MBD Partners

Global reach

Years of global experience

Engagements

Countries

Professionals trained

Florida, United States

Miami

Summits, roundtables and the AI community building across the Americas.

Finland

Helsinki

Boardrooms, leadership forums and Nordic executive programs.

The United Nations headquarters in New York with the member flags — New York

An outdoor gathering in the snow above Davos — Davos

Tarja Stephens speaking at a rooftop dinner in Miami at dusk — Miami

Tarja Stephens on the VivaTech stage in Paris — Paris

The United States Capitol behind three American flags — Washington

Tarja Stephens in front of the Sustainable Development Goals wheel at the SDG Media Zone — New York

Tarja Stephens on the big screen of the Visionary Stage in Luxembourg — Luxembourg

Brickell Avenue in Miami between the towers and the painted facades — Miami

The Summit of the Future chamber at the United Nations — New York

A panel at the House of Kosova in Davos — Davos

Tarja Stephens sitting on a rock above the Lapland fells

Meet Tarja

Tarja Stephens is a Finnish-American business leader and co-author of The Human-Agent Orchestrator. With more than 25 years in global leadership roles, her work now focuses on how leadership and management need to evolve as AI changes how work gets done.

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Speaking and executive sessions

Tarja delivers keynotes, workshops and executive sessions for leadership teams and corporate events. Her work focuses on how organizations manage human-AI work, and how work changes as AI agents enter the workplace.

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